Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Flamen

Flamen , noun

[Latin]

(Rom. Antiquities) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. — Milton